Walnut is rich in nutritional value, medicinal value and dietotherapy value, and can be eaten frequently.
It is best to eat walnuts two or three times a week, especially for middle-aged and elderly people and menopausal women, because the arginine, oleic acid and antioxidants contained in walnuts can protect the cardiovascular system and have the same effect on preventing coronary heart disease, stroke and Alzheimer's disease. Walnut is rich in lecithin, unsaturated fatty acids, and also contains a variety of antioxidants, such as vitamin C and vitamin E, which can fight against oxygen free radicals that make people aging. Walnut kernel looks like a human brain, so there is a saying that eating walnuts supplements the brain. This is because walnuts contain a large number of nutrients that can strengthen the brain and improve intelligence, such as lecithin, which has a good health care effect on the brain nerves and is very suitable for growing children and adults who often use their brains. Walnut kernel contains zinc, manganese, chromium and other indispensable trace elements. The contents of zinc and manganese are decreasing in the process of aging, and chromium can promote glucose utilization, cholesterol metabolism and protect cardiovascular system. Walnut kernel also has a very obvious effect on relieving cough and asthma, and has excellent curative effect on patients with chronic bronchitis and asthma in autumn and winter.
In daily life, besides eating raw walnuts, you can also cook, stir-fry, honey stir-fry, stir-fry and so on.
Eating walnuts regularly has eight advantages:
1, brain tonic
Walnut kernels can be pounded into "walnut paste" with rock sugar and hidden in porcelain jars. Take two spoonfuls at a time and rinse with boiling water. When washing, there is a layer of white liquid floating in the cup. This is "walnut milk", which is delicious.
2, help beauty
The special ingredients of walnut make walnut have the function of beauty beauty. Long-term consumption of "walnut porridge" boiled with walnut kernel powder can nourish the skin and make people white and tender, especially for those with aging skin.
3. Anti-aging
Vitamin E contained in walnut kernel can protect cells from oxidative damage by free radicals, which is recognized as an anti-aging substance in the medical field, so walnut is called "Long live my son" and "longevity fruit".
4. Good for the heart
Walnut contains a variety of unsaturated and monounsaturated fatty acids, which can reduce cholesterol content. Therefore, eating stone walnuts is good for people's hearts.
5, cure insomnia
Regular consumption of walnut kernel can treat insomnia caused by kidney deficiency.
6. Prevent constipation
Methods: 1. Stir-fry walnuts and grind them into powder, and take 20g every night before going to bed. 2. Divide walnut kernels, pine nuts and arborvitae kernels equally, and make pills (namely, Sanren pills) with honey. Each capsule weighs 9 grams, 2-3 capsules each time, twice a day. 3. 6 grams of walnut kernels, mashed into mud, mixed with appropriate amount of honey to make a paste, and served in warm water three times a day.
7, cough and asthma
Walnut kernel has the effect of resisting histamine-induced bronchial smooth muscle spasm and relieving cough.
8. Treat arthritis
Chinese medicine has a cloud walnut "good governance of low back pain, leg pain, muscle pain all over." Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the mechanism of walnut in treating arthritis is due to its function of tonifying kidney and strengthening tendons, which is related to its rich vitamin B6.
Therefore, everyone can eat some walnuts properly at ordinary times, which will have a health-preserving effect.
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